A Battle For Your Focus | John Challinor

Amen. Church, you can go ahead and have a seat.

As you're doing so, how are we? I mean, come

on. How are we not good with that much cuteness

on stage? You know what I'm saying? And then

to get to worship, I mean, it's just pretty special.

Welcome to those of you in Paulding today who

got breakfast. I saw the breakfast spread. Well

done. Well played. It's always fun to see and

know how you are gathering as community and how

you are slowing down to see each other and break

bread together. It's beautiful. We have something

special happening. So my life group today is

actually in Baghdad. So welcome, Baghdad. You've

been here the whole time, but welcome. We're

glad you're there. And I hope you enjoy the life

group fam there and some others from staff that

made it out. We're excited to continue to build

relationship, build community, to continue to

build as a family and see God move there in Baghdad.

We're excited for what the future is with Baghdad

and what that looks like. Can you do me a favor?

Because my wife is out there today. Can you just

say hi to Baghdad this morning? And then to our

online fam, welcome. We're glad you're with us.

Glad we get to do this together. I love that

we get to honor people. I love that part of our

family values is just that we genuinely honor

one another. We put one another first. And I

love that this weekend is kind of set aside to

specifically celebrate those that with their

lives have chosen to sacrifice on behalf of other

people. I have some people near and dear to me

that have served within the military and some

that are still serving within the military. And

I love the gift that it is to everyone else.

It's one of those, it's a really clear connection

for me of you're willing to and you are laying

down your life that we can sit here and do this.

It's a moment where we just get to honor and

just say thank you. And so I would love to do

that if you'll allow me. I know you'll hate it,

but if you are an active military, you're in

active military service or you're someone who

has been in military service, if you're a veteran,

would you just stand so that we could honor you,

please? Now, before you sit down, hang on, hang

on. We know you got family that also sacrificed.

If you are family of them, would you stand? And

we just want to say thanks. We are very, very

grateful for your sacrifice and the way that

you have served. So thank you. You can go ahead

and have a seat. Baghdad, I hope that you get

to honor those that are there with you. Also,

those of you online get to honor one another.

So I want to take a moment just to celebrate

with you, right? There's a certain person in

my life who's pretty important to me, and that

certain person happened to turn one yesterday.

So here he is, just because you need to see him.

Let's go. And not only did he turn one, but he

got dedicated at Park Collective last night in

Prescott Valley. Now, what's fun with this is

people ask, you know, so his first Halloween,

like, what happened? What did he trunk or treat?

Did you go trick or treating? Like, what did

he dress up as? Well, I mean, you can see what

he dressed up as. Clearly, he's just a model,

right? Like, that's just what he is. Here's what's

interesting though, right? Like my role in his

life is to let him know how valuable he is, how

loved he is, how special he is, right? Like my

job is to brag about him. This is what God created

me to do is to brag about him, right? And here's

what's interesting. Now, if I was to go to him

as he grows up and I'm like, hey, Bex, okay,

here we go. I'm gonna give you the way to live

life. Be as stingy as you possibly can. Don't

give anybody anything, ever. You'd be like, you're

the worst grandparent ever. What if I double

down and I go, actually, Bex, you know what?

Just make life all about you. Okay, don't think

about anybody else. Don't think about your parents.

Don't think about me. Don't think about anybody.

Just think about you and make your whole life

about you. Everybody in the room goes, that's

a terrible idea. you'll end up what? Bitter,

alone, hating life, trying to figure out what

it's all about, probably have some kind of addictions

because you can't keep up with trying to feed

the monster that is you. Like we all know intuitively,

right? Like this is not the best way. Don't tell

Bex that. Why? Because it's going to ruin him.

Isn't it interesting that we know it intuitively?

Right? Like something inside us goes, that's

not the best way to live. Don't tell your grandson

that. That's not the best. And yet, how many

of us are living for me? How many of us are living

in a way that it's about what I amass and how

I do it? How many of us are living, because if

I tell him that, he's going to live a life much

smaller than what he was created for. Like we

just intuitively know that this life was meant

to be larger than us. And the way it is larger

than us is we actually give it away to other

people. How many people that end up in addiction

and there's just a train of people behind them

that all suffered because of what? Their addiction.

Because it was never meant to be about me and

experiences and what I can get. It was about

this idea that life is so much more. It's the

abundant life that Jesus talked about. You know,

it's interesting culturally what's around us.

In 1860, Milton Bradley created a board game.

So those of you that are board game enthusiasts,

here you go. They created a board game and it

was called the checkered game of life. And within

that game, if you were to look at it, the original

rules, the way that you win this game of life

is you live to an old age, right? You get to

a good old age and that's a full life. You lived

a full life. And so what the game would do, excuse

me, what the game would do is it would put you

in situations where you had to make a choice,

a moral choice of right and wrong, which way

to go. And so it was built around virtue. It

was built around this idea of you navigating

through these tough moments so that you got to

a point where you built this good old life. The

way you would lose the game is you would end

up in ruin or you would end up disgraced. It's

interesting that in 1960, they revamped that

game. And if you've played the game of life,

If you've ever played the board game, the game

of life, anybody? Okay, all right, just make

sure I'm not alone here. If you played that game,

how do you win? Thank you. Wasn't that hard for

this many people that have played that game.

Maybe you know why you lost now, just saying.

Yeah, it's the one that ends up with the most

money. The one with the most money wins the game

of life. Isn't that fascinating that culturally,

1860, which by the way, you know why you have

a spinner in that game? If you've ever played

that game, you got that little spinner thing.

You know why they did a spinner and not dice?

Because dice were considered gambling in 1860.

So you have a spinner. Information that doesn't

matter. You didn't need it. But here's what's

fascinating. Culturally, there was a shift, and

the shift was the way you win at the game of

life is you amass the most money. You retire

at the millionaire, right? You don't go to Shady

Acres. As for losers, right? Isn't it interesting

that culturally, if you took a shot of that,

the culture you are born into, the culture you

exist inside of, is how do you win at life? You

are the one with the most at the end of this

life that you've amassed for yourself. You know

what's amazing? With Bex, there's a pressure

on me to what? Provide for his future. Isn't

that interesting that I can spend my whole life

trying to amass stuff that at the end of my life,

I'll leave behind? Like that's just such a weird.

Prospect. I don't think God intended for you

to live your life going, I'm going to do everything

in this life to provide that so it's easier for

them. Because here's the thing, you don't know

what they're going to do with it. But there is

an idea that Jesus plants within the scriptures

that this life is a generous life. And what I

mean by that, one that's supposed to be bigger

than you, one that's supposed to be given away,

one that's not supposed to be about how much

you can amass and what you do. In Luke chapter...

11, Luke chapter 11. We started last week walking

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through Luke chapter 10, 11, and 12. We'll kind

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of anchor in there for the next few weeks. And

the whole idea was Jesus has this thread of a

theme that he puts all the way through this idea

of the generous life. If you were here last week,

we talked about this idea of trusting God is

the base of that, right? Like you have to trust

God. You will never live a generous life if your

trust is not solely in God. So if your trust

is in God, then the words of Jesus and what he

says, then that becomes our base of how we're

going to live. It becomes how we navigate. Because

if I trust God, then Jesus being God, what he

says, then I live out. And so there's this conversation

that's happening. In verse 33, we're going to

jump in the middle of some teachings by Jesus.

It says this. No one lights a lamp and puts it

in a place where it will be hidden or under a

bowl. Instead, they put it on its stand so that

those who come in may see the light. Your eye

is the lamp of your body. When your eyes are

healthy, your whole body also is full of light.

But when they are unhealthy, your body is also

full of darkness. See to it then, be proactive

then, that the light within you is not darkness.

So there's something you can do about it, right?

Therefore, if your whole body is full of light

and no part of it dark, it will be just as full

of light as when the lamp shines its light. No

one, no one lights a lamp and puts it in a place

that's hidden. Think about the concept of lighting

a lamp. If you light a lamp, you're lighting

it with intentionality. Your plan is that you

need a source of light for something, therefore

you light a lamp. Why? So that it provides what

it's supposed to as a source. And so in this

context, it specifically says no one does that.

No one intentionally goes and lights a lamp and

then takes it to a place that is hidden. Now

that word hidden in the original has to do with

like a cellar. That you don't light a lamp and

then take it down into the cellar. The purpose

in lighting the lamp is to put it on a stand.

So there's intentionality. I light the lamp and

I intentionally place the lamp. And when I place

it on a stand, it says that what happens is that

the house receives the light. Now, in that context,

house, the term that's used there is actually

household, the people. It's not the structure

as we think of. It's the people of the house

all receive a benefit from what? From the actions

I have intentionally taken to put this light

on a stand. It actually blesses everybody else.

Everybody benefits from the light that was put

on a stand. He then switches. Jesus then switches

and he says in verse 34, your eye is the lamp

of your body. When your eyes are healthy, your

whole body is also full of light. So now he takes

the comparison of a house and he goes, hey, your

eye, your eye is essentially the lamp, the lamp

providing light to your entire body. If your

eye is healthy, then your whole body is going

to have light. Now that word healthy in the original

is really hard to translate and kind of for us

to grasp. What's connected to it is this, that

the idea of healthy is singular in focus. Okay,

so if your eye is singular in focus, it's directed,

then what's going to happen is your entire body

is going to be healthy. So you can think of it

this way. Double vision, that I see multiple

things, is a divided perspective of what I'm

seeing. And so what he's saying is instead of

having double vision, have singular vision. Another

layer to this word healthy is in Matthew chapter

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26. Matthew's capturing the words of Jesus, and

he connects with the same words that are here,

that the idea of generosity, the idea of being

generous to healthy, that the word healthy is

translated generous. You could put it this way,

that when I am singularly focused on this generous

life that I was created for, my entire body will

be healthy. Now, the picture he gives is what?

That when I'm singularly focused and I'm on this

generous life, it's like putting a lamp on a

stand and the whole household benefits. When

my life is singularly focused. on the generous

life that God intended for me when I am living

larger than myself. I'm living for what God calls

me to. I'm building his kingdom, not mine. I'm

focused on Jesus and his mission. I'm focused

on Jesus who lived the most generous life. When

I'm singularly focused on him, what happens is

it's like putting my life on a stand and everyone

else around me benefits because of the generosity

and because of this generous life. But he says,

when you have double vision, When you have divided

attention, you become unhealthy. I don't know

how you are, but true story from last week. I'm

downtown Prescott, and I'm walking with a friend

of mine, and we're walking along, and parked

is this SUV Rolls Royce. And as we're going along,

my friend goes, that's probably the most expensive

car I've ever seen in Prescott. And for me, I

did one of these. I'm going along, right? I'm

focused. We've got a destination. And I start

drooling all over the front of the car. So if

it's your car, sorry for the drool stains. It's

beautiful. You ever feel that way? Like, man,

me and Jesus are good. I'm following Jesus. We're

tight. And then all of a sudden, you're like,

squirrel. Right? That's what he's talking about,

this idea that we set out and we've got the generous

life in front of us and we've got Jesus and he's

our focus. And it's so easy to what? Become divided.

So where now it's like, man, Jesus, I really,

really love you, but it's a Rolls Royce. Jesus,

I really, really love you, but man, this new

job, I know it's not going to allow me to go

to church anymore. I know it's not going to allow

me to build community anymore. I know it's going

to make me really distant from people. I know

it's going to probably hurt my family. But man,

did you see what they're offering? And all of

a sudden, all of a sudden, this life that Jesus

is building, all of a sudden I'm divided and

I end up over here. And so Jesus, as this passage

unpacks, Verse 37, he gets done with the part

we just read. And it says, when Jesus had finished

speaking, a Pharisee invited him to eat with

him. So he went in and reclined at the table.

If you were here last week, you know that when

you recline at the table with somebody, you're

building relationship, you're building community,

you're building friendship, right? So Jesus is

with this religious person, this Pharisee who

was known for how religious he was. Jesus goes

to have a meal with him. And it says, but the

Pharisee was surprised when he noticed that Jesus

did not first wash before the meal. Okay, so

culturally, what would happen within the meal

is you would ritually wash yourself so that you

were clean before eating. So it wasn't about

hygiene. It was about doing the right thing from

a religious perspective, that you had to cleanse

yourself before stepping into that moment and

eating. So Jesus comes along, who is a rabbi,

who is a teacher, who should know the right thing.

And what does Jesus do? He bypasses the washing

station to which the Pharisee who is driven by

doing the right thing, is now upset with Jesus,

is now angry with Jesus, is now frustrated with

Jesus because Jesus isn't doing what he wanted

to do. Maybe, maybe, just maybe, what Jesus is

getting at here is that when you are trying to

live the generous life, be careful that you are

not using religion and calling yourself generous.

Make sure that when you're following Jesus, that

what you are doing in the name of religion isn't

substituting for your generosity that you should

have within your soul. And so he's using religion

so much so that Jesus says this then. Then the

Lord said to him, now then you Pharisees, you

religious people, clean the outside of the cup

and dish, but inside you are full of greed and

wickedness. You foolish people did not the one

who made the outside make the inside also. But

now as for what is inside you, be generous to

the poor and everything will be clean for you.

So here's the Pharisee. And the Pharisee is,

I wash my hands because this is the right thing.

Right. Like I do this next because it is the

right thing. I do this and this and this and

this. And what the Pharisee is doing is amassing

all of his right is amassing for him this power

and this prestige. Right. He's becoming more

and more like built up within the religious system,

so to speak. And Jesus goes, hey, it's not about

what you do on the outside. that I'm interested

in. I'm actually interested on what's on the

inside. Why? Because he's using religion to attempt

to get a life, right? Isn't it interesting that

we can come to church and we feel like we're

doing God a favor? Isn't it interesting that

you can come to church and you feel like, oh,

I did the right thing. And you gain a little

higher status because you meet somebody in your

week and they didn't go to church and you're

like, sinner, I went to church. Oh, you may not

say that. Oh, you went to life group, but that

person hasn't been there for like three weeks.

Oh, you don't know what giving is? Oh, I've been

giving since 1960. Isn't it interesting that

if we're not careful, what we do is the religious

things, the things we do in God's name, can all

of a sudden become a substitute for what's actually

happening on the inside. You know you can give

every single week and not be generous, right?

Your generosity isn't geared by what you do from

a religious standpoint. Your generosity is you

can be here, you can give faithfully every single

week, and you should. As your pastor, you should.

Okay? But you can do that and still miss the

person in need that you pass every single day.

This is where we substitute religion, right?

We put religion in the place, and instead of

it changing the inside, why? Because God is interested

on the inside of you. And what we do when we

get divided with religion, we put all these things

that we should do that a good Christian would

do, which by the way, good Christian doesn't

exist in the Bible. There are only Christians

and there are not Christians, right? Like this

elder is. And you can substitute all these things

that are good and miss that what leads you to

a generous life is I'm actually singularly focused

on the person of Jesus Christ. You can come in

here and you can worship. You can come in here

and you can sing the songs. You can even raise

your hands. It does not mean that your heart

is in love with Jesus. And notice what's happening

here. The context is not financial. The context

here is not financial, even though it uses the

word greed. Guess what the word greed here in

the original English is? It's to take aggressively

by force. So what were the Pharisees taking aggressively

by force? Prestige, status, position. The more

religious they were, the more people looked up

to them, the better they felt. They were essentially

creating a platform for themselves to stand on

so that they were higher than other people. And

in the midst of that, Jesus goes, be careful,

you're full of greed. Oh, you got all these actions

on the outside, but inside? You're aggressively

taking power. You're aggressively taking position,

status for your own gain. That's what greed is,

right? When I take it for my own gain. Notice

what he says the solution is. Verse 41. But now,

as for what is inside you, be generous to the

poor. And we're like, oh, there it is. Give your

money away. Money is not in this passage. He's

talking about a greed that has to do with what?

Position and status and posturing and prestige.

And he says, give it to the poor. Who are poor?

Those that don't have what? Position and status.

What is he saying? Give away what I've given

you. If you have any status in the kingdom of

God, it is because Jesus has given it to you.

So give it away to somebody else. What you've

been given in the person of Jesus, your job is

to create a platform for them. Your job is to

become less, not more. How do you become less?

Because you're giving it all away. You're not

trying to amass. You're not trying to gain. Instead,

what you're doing is you're going, the generous

life is about what I take that I've been given

by God in this context for the Pharisees. It's

whatever power, whatever position, whatever prestige,

whatever posture, whatever you have been given,

give it away. Give it away. Give it away. Give

it away now. Okay. Chapter 12, verse 13. Jesus

gives another example of this divided perspective.

Someone in the crowd said to him, teacher, tell

my brother to divide the inheritance with me.

Jesus replied, man, who appointed me a judge

or an arbiter between you? Then he said to them,

watch out, watch out. Be on your guard against

all kinds of greed. Life does not consist in

an abundance of possessions. Guy comes to Jesus,

and he's like, hey, Jesus, you're a rabbi. That

means you have some power, you have some prestige,

you have some authority. I heard you're kind

of like the Yoda of rabbis, too, like you're

not just a normal rabbi. So, Jesus, here's what

I want you to do. Jesus, I want you to tell my

brother to give me my inheritance. Give me what's

mine. Isn't it fascinating the first people using

religion? This person's using Jesus to get what

he wants. He's coming and going, Jesus, Jesus,

you gotta give me. You gotta do this for me.

Jesus, I'm here asking, I understand. I'm giving

you the honor of being rabbi because I called

you teacher, but what I really want you to do

is I want you to do this over here for me. I'm

not actually interested in you, Jesus. I'm just

interested in the stuff. I don't know how you

feel. I feel like it's pretty easy. It's pretty

easy to miss Jesus for the stuff. You know what

I mean? Oh, Jesus, I just really want this person

to be healed. So Jesus, I came to church. Jesus,

I just really, really, really, really need this

job. And so Jesus, I'm here and I'm worshiping

you. No, you're not. You're worshiping the job.

You're just using him as a means to get what

you want. That's what this guy is doing. Like

using Jesus to get his inheritance. And notice

what Jesus says. Watch out. Watch out. It's proactive,

church. What do I know about your life? That

if you do not stand guard, this idea is the next

word he says is be on your guard, right? Like

if you don't watch out, if you are not proactive,

if you are not in the fight, so to speak, and

you are not on guard like a soldier who stands

at watch waiting for the enemy to show up, that's

the language that Jesus gives here. What are

you supposed to be on guard for? Because it's

coming, right? Like the enemy is coming and you

might as well like prepare for it is what he's

saying. He goes, be on guard. Your guard against

all kinds of greed. I read that and I went, wait

a minute. All kinds of greed? What does that

mean? I thought there was just one kind of greed.

I thought it was just about possessions and wealth,

right? Like I just thought it was about what

I amassed in this life. He says, be on your guard.

Be like a soldier standing watch. What are you

protecting from? All kinds of greed. Let me give

you a couple of quick examples. You got somebody

in your life that when it comes to the dishwasher,

they know how to do the dishwasher? Somebody

got it. By the elbows going, some other people

got it. That's one of those moments like, she's

talking about you. You know what I mean, right?

Like your dish only makes it as far as the kitchen

sink because if you were to load that dishwasher,

you're clearly going to do it wrong. There is

a right way to load the dishwasher and you don't

know it. So what you are allowed to do is get

it as far as the sink and then it'll make it

into the rest. I am happy to tell you. that after

many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many,

many years of marriage, I have been trained apparently

to load the dishwasher. So things are looking

up in my world. Yeah. Small victories, people.

Small marital victories. No, but isn't it interesting

that that's a microcosm of the idea of we love

control. You ever notice that? And when he says

all kinds of greed, guess what a form of greed

is? That you are amassing control. That you continue

to try and gain and gain and gain more control.

I got news for you. You're not in control. He's

in control. Right? So then what happens is some

of you. You are spending your entire life to

try and continue to work to make it to a platform

because when you get to that platform, nobody

can tell you what to do. When you get to that

point, you're your own boss. When you get to

that point, you have power. And we continue to

amass power. The only problem is, guess what?

When you make it to the boss, you're not satisfied.

Why? Because what's happened is you haven't stayed

watch and now you are amassing more and more

and more power. Over people. It's amazing, right?

Think about it with relationships. You ever watch

somebody who is greedy with relationships? And

they just, like, don't talk to them. They're

mine. Really? And then they keep getting another

one. And they're in their little circle, right?

Like, they're just amassing relationships in

their little circle. Where they're kind of the

leader of their little clan. You ever notice

that when you buy something, it's never enough?

You ever notice that? Oh, if I just had, just

had those shoes, I'd never need another pair

of shoes in my life. Until the new ones drop

tomorrow. He says, be on your guard. Why? Against

all kinds of greed. Be on your guard against

all kinds of greed. Why? Life, life, and that

word life is zoe in the original. And zoe has

to do with the quality of life that you were

created for and I was created for. It's the quality

of life that inside of it, you have everything

you will ever need. That you're completely at

peace. and at rest. He says, wait a minute, that

kind of life does not consist. Tell him I said

hi, whoever it is. Does not as consist in an

abundance. Okay, I'm awake because, and I don't

mean to be mean, whoever's phone it was. This

is this important, you guys. This is the whole

point of the whole message. Ready? Life, the

abundant life that Jesus promised, does not consist,

meaning it cannot be found. It can't be found

in an abundance of possessions. We know possessions

is not just the things that are physical. It's

all kinds of greed. And he goes, life, life cannot

be found. So what I wanted to do this weekend

is have a tombstone up here, a gravestone. And

what I wanted to write on it was your name. And

it's harder to do than you would think. That

your life is dead. When? When I am consumed with

amassing more. That word abundance is to have

an excessive. To have more than I need. So anything

in your life that you are trying to amass, that

you're trying to get, when you try to get more,

When you become closed hand with it, it says

that life can't be found there. You'll never

find peace and joy. You'll never find hope. You'll

never find love. Oh, I know you think he or she

is really cute. You will not find. You will not

find by claiming and taking a relationship. You're

not going to find life. It's not there. I know

that vacation you think is going to set everything

right and put you back and you're going to come

back all zen. It's not going to do what you think

it's going to do because it can't be found in

those things. It can only be found in the singular

focus in the person of Jesus who lived the most

generous life that anybody has ever lived. It

can only be found in Jesus, right? And so the

idea is that I have to be on guard. Why? Because

all the culture around me is what? Trying to

pull me to a mass. And I have to go, no, I am

going to be singularly focused on the person

of Jesus. And when I do that, when I do that,

this is the promise. When you do that, you will

find life. There's a whole thing on generations

right now. on how this generation's doing this

and this generation's doing that. Can I just,

I'll just speak for my own. My generation completely

missed it because my generation was all about

experiences. My generation was all about stability.

My generation was all about pushing forward.

And here's the thing, it is empty. And there

are families that are proof that it was empty.

Don't. miss, don't miss the opportunity to have

the abundant life that Jesus promised by just

simply fixing your eyes on him. Because where

he'll lead you, he'll lead you to see others.

He'll lead you to be generous towards others.

He'll, he'll will point you outward away from

yourself. Remember the I, and I'm done with this.

Your life is supposed to be like a lamp. And

what do you do with the lamp? You put it on a

stand. And when it's healthy, when it's singularly

focused, when your life is focused on Jesus,

what happens? It blesses everyone where? Everyone

in the room. Your life is designed to be a blessing.

Do you see Jesus today? I don't know about you.

I've done this three times now this weekend.

And I just feel a strong sense of like, we just

need to confess, you guys. Like, we just need

to. I got it wrong. It was a Rolls Royce or whatever

you fill in the blank with. I got it wrong. It's.

I was possessive of my time. I got it wrong.

I was possessive of relationship. I got whatever

it happens to be, whatever has distracted you.

Today's the day to go. No, no, no. I choose today

to fix my eyes on Jesus. Because I don't know

about you, like my grandson. I don't want him

to live for something less than God intended.

And the generous life is what you were created

for in the person of Jesus. Would you pray with

me? God, we just thank you today. Thank you for

being our superhero today. God, thank you for

being the hero that went to a cross and that

sacrificed your life that we may find life. God,

would you help us to not be... distracted, to

not be divided in our perception. God, would

you show us areas where the life you intended

for us, we're not living it because we are lost

by all the things around us that we're trying

to amass to find life in. And so God, we just...

Take a moment to confess. God, we're sorry for

the times when wealth has a bigger grip on our

heart than it should. We're sorry for the times

where just amassing and collecting in excess

of things. God, we're sorry for the times when

we take power and use it in a way that is more

about us than serving. God, we confess the relationships

that we use for our gain. God, we confess when

we become selfish with our time. We confess the

people that we pass by that are in need that

we don't see. God, we confess when we don't have

our eyes fixed on you. And so God, in these next

moments, would there be a turning as we worship?

Would you turn us? Would you remind us that the

goal of this life is that Christ would be magnified

in us? That our lives can shine light to everyone

around us. Would you set and fix our eyes on

you? The God who has saved us, who has rescued

us, who has died in our place. We just say thank

you. And it's in your name we pray.